Machine for moving rails on the hot-beds of rolling-mills



(No Model.) 1 4 v g S. J; GUSGOTT.

MACHINE FOR MOVING RAILS ON THE. HOT BED OF ROLLING MILLS.

-N0.-"2'44,7 47.' Patented July 26,1881.

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' U I ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

STEPHEN J. eusoornor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR MOVI NG'RAILS ON THE HOT-BEDS 0F ROLLING-MILLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,747, dated July 26, 1881.

Application filed February 2 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. GUsooT'r, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefullmprovernent in Machines for Moving Rails on the Hot-Beds of Bolling-Mills; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, and such as may enable others skilled in the art to make and use -the same, reference being had to the accom- My invention has for its object the moving of railroad-iron rails in such manner as may be desired upon what is commonly known as the hot-bed of rolling-mills by appropriate. and simple machinery and at nominal expense.

This work has heretofore been performedby hand, and requires large numbers of men, at a considerable expense, to push back and remove the rails as they are thrown upon the hot-bed after being rolled and having their ends cut off by the sawing-machine.

B represents a sliding frame, preferably formed of cast-iron, and adjusted to slide in the tracks or guides formed by the grooves in the two bars of railroad-iron represented by A A. This adjustment is best shown in Fig. 4.

To the lugs O G, at either end of the frame B, is appropriately attached by a pin or bolt, to a, the chain D D, which encircles the chain or sprocket wheels E E, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

The shafts P Q are made to turn in appropriate bearings in the extremities of the brackets T T, Fig. 5, which are firmly secured to the bottoms of the rails A A.

To the shaft P are attached the pulleys F F r and the idle-wheel G. These pulleys are driven in the usual manner by shifting belts having an oppositemotion, and each one alternately running upon the idler G. Thus the motion of the shaft P is reversed with each shifting of the belts, and a reciprocating movement therebyimparted to the frame B, which is actuated by the chain D over the chain-wheels E E. The movement thus imparted may be of any desired extent, being controlled at will by the shifting of the belts on the pulleys F F.

In the center of the frame B, and journaled in the bearings O 0, Fig. 2, is a bolt, R, on which are fastened two arms, H H, having eyes at their lower ends, which are slipped over the bolt R and fastened thereto by set-screws L. These arms maintain an upright position during the movement of the frame in one direction, and project above the girder-rails A A, as shown in Figs. eiand 5. They are kept nor- 'mally in this position by the weight upon the extremity of the lever I, which projects from the bolt It, to which it is fastened, backward from the arms H H, or by the springs K K, or both. In the drawings both are shown. The springs K K may be attached by screws or bolts to the bottom of the frame B, as shown in 7 Fig. 2, and bear against projecting portions of the arms H H. V The arms H H and the lever I may be made in one piece, but are preferably cast separately andadjusted to the bolt R by set'screws L L L in such relative position as may be best suited to the work required, the arms H H always maintaining an erect position when at rest.

*In the moving of rails two of the sliding frames described are required, one at either 8 5 end of the pile of rails to be moved. When the rail to be moved is thrown upon and across the end S S of the hot-bed the frame B is propelled toward it by the chain and pulleys, as described, until the perpendicular arms H 0 H-r-PUI'POSBIY rounded or beveled upon that side-strike the rail, when they turn with the bolt B, which rotates in its bearings O 0, and, assuming an inclined position, pass under the rail. As soon as the obstruction caused by the 9 5 rail is passed the weight of the lever I, or its equivalent-the springs K K-causes the arms H H to again become erect. The movement of the frame B being then reversed, as described, the arms H Hstrike the rail lying across the for bed, and, being prevented by the shoulders N N, Figs. 1, 3, and 5, from turning in an oppo site direction with the pivot R, remain erect and rigid, and the rail is moved along on the bed the required distance. When this is accomplished the movement of the frame B is reversed and the operation repeated at will.

If, for any purpose, it becomes necessary to stop the active working of the machine, the lever I may be raised sufficiently to allow the arms H H to pass under the rails without coming in'contact therewith in either direction, and a pin or bolt may be inserted through the hole M, 'Fig. 3, in the raised portion of the frame B into a corresponding one in the lever I, thus preventing the movement of the rails, while the frameB is still allowed to reciprocate.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a machine for moving iron rails upon STEPHEN J. GUSOOTT.

Witnesses:

D. H. FLETCHER, PLTNY B. SMITH. 

